Billy Myers

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 168lb (173cm, 76kg)

Born: August 14, 1910 in Enola, PA us

Died: April 10, 1995 in Carlisle, PA

Buried: Rolling Green Memorial Park, Camp Hill, PA

High School: Enola HS (Enola, PA)

Debut: April 16, 1935 (Age 24-245d, 7,829th in major league history)
vs. PIT 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1941 (Age 31-042d)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: William Harrison Myers

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Relatives: Brother of Lynn Myers

1940 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.0

2399

616

.257

319

RBI

243

OBP

.328

SLG

.377

OPS

.706

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	4-7 / in Starts: 4-7
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1939	WS g1	Oct 4	CIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	1.03	-0.060	53.72	-2.04%	-0.44	SS
2	1939	WS g2	Oct 5	CIN	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8	.54	-0.043	28.71	-1.24%	-0.65	SS
3	1939	WS g3	Oct 7	CIN		NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	8	.69	0.089	28.54	2.42%	0.75	SS
4	1939	WS g4	Oct 8	CIN		NYY	L,4-7	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	8	1.62	-0.027	30.48	-0.24%	-0.10	SS
1940 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	1940	WS g1	Oct 2	CIN		DET	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.31	-0.031	16.10	-1.06%	-0.91	SS
6	1940	WS g2	Oct 3	CIN		DET	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	1.06	0.083	54.37	2.41%	0.61	SS
7	1940	WS g3	Oct 4	CIN	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	8	1.07	-0.071	67.09	-2.65%	-0.82	SS
8	1940	WS g4	Oct 5	CIN	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	8	.85	-0.048	55.08	-2.02%	-0.71	SS
9	1940	WS g5	Oct 6	CIN	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	8	.40	-0.027	32.78	-1.19%	-0.42	SS
10	1940	WS g6	Oct 7	CIN		DET	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	8	.51	-0.060	46.13	-2.97%	-1.39	SS
11	1940	WS g7	Oct 8	CIN		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.200	.130	.330	8	1.68	0.092	280.00	8.90%	0.33	SS
									39	35	2	7	0	1	0	2	4	1	8	0	0			1	0	0	.200	.282	.257	.539

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